Gate



1 Aug. 11,1931. J. A. HUNT 1,818,482 8 GATE, Filed Jur1e 4, 1930 3Shegts-Sheet l l l I" l z i o W Q m Q 3 5:1 j/ i? l H I: Inventor17012124702302 2' A llomey J. A. HUNT Aug. 11, 1931.

GATE

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 4, 1930 Inventor A llo rney J. A. HUNT Aug.11, 1931.

GATE 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed June 4, 1930 Invcnlor iv I A llorney I m W wPatented Aug. 11, 1931 UNITED STATES JOHN A. HUNT, or MIAMI, MANITOBA,cniuann GATE Application filed June 4,

The present invention relates to new and useful improvement in gates andmore particularly to the opening and closing mechanism therefor, theprimary object of the invention being to provide a swingable gate havingmeans associated therewith which will shift the gate to opposite sidesof a pair {of gate posts, so that the gate may be easily moved to openand closed position.

1 Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a gate ofthe above men- .tioned character embodying a construction for operatingthe same which is compact, simple in construction and one which isdurable and efficient in practice.

With the above and numerous other ob- {iects in view as will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novelfeatures of construction and in the 'combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the gate structureembodying the features of my invention,

5 Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof,

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof,

, Figure 4 is a detail horizontal section taken "substantially on theline 4.4 of Figure 1,

Figure 5 is adeta-il horizontal section taken substantially on the line55 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5denotes a gate .post from which a portion 6 of a fence extends in onedirection.

Numerals 7 denotes a pair of fence posts disposed in spaced relation toeach other a distance from the post 5, the gateway being between thepost 5 and the posts 7. A fence portion 8 extends from one of the posts7 and is offset to the remaining portions of the fence 6 and 9. Theupper ends of the posts 7 are bifurcated and between the furcations attheir upper extremities is a cross bar 10 extending beyond the sides ofthe gateway and having depending hangers 11 at the ends' thereof, a pairbeing disposed at each end and between the lower ends of each pair thereis rockably mounted as at 12 a lever 14, the in 1.530. Serial No.459,134,.

ner end of which extends between the furoations of each-of the adjacentposts 7.

Q11 the. outer ends of the levers are prefer- I ably chains 15 dependingdownwardly therefrom. vLinks or rods 16' are pivotally en-. gaged withthe inner ends of the levers that depend downwardly. The gat is d ed bythe numeral 17 and adjacent one end at i s tophas a pair of spacedbrackets 18 and 19 rising therefrom- .A. pair of rocker bars 20 arepivotally engaged with the bracket member 19 to extend one'to each sideof the gate and the lower ends are rockably mounted on arod 21 extendingthrough thelower portions ofthepost 7 ad jacent the groundiand alsothrough blocks 22 which extend along the ground from thepost 7 away fromthe post 5. Rocker bars20' are pivotally engaged with the bracket 18-andwith a rod 21 extendingthrough the end portion'ofthe blocks 22.

The bars 20 and 21 are all ofthe. same length. The links or rods .16 arepivotally engaged withintermediate portionsof the bars 20. 'Thefree endof the'gate is adapted to be received in a fork 25 on, the end of a bolt26through the. post 5 when the gate is in a closed positionas shown infull line in Fig ure 1.

Now by pulling on either of the chains 15 to rock one of the levers 14it will be seen that'the gate may be raised and rocked past center so asto gravitate to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 at whichtime it rests on the spaces on the rods 21 and 21'.

l/Vhen the gate is closed one end is disposed between the post 7. It isthought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of thisinvention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this artwithout a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed inconsiderable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since inactual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and inthe combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to 109 withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

In a gate structure of the type embodying a pair of transversely spaceduprights on a line with and spaced from a gate post, a longitudinallymovable gate between the uprights and levers on the uprights havinglinks connected at each side of the gate to the middle portion of pairsof bars pivoted at their 7 upper ends to the gate and at their lowerends to a support disposed between the lower end portions of theuprights, pivot brackets for pivoting said upper ends of the bars to thetop of the gate comprising each a standard rising from the top ofthegate carrying at its upper end a transverse axle projected at eachside outwardly of the gate and adapted to pivotally carry and retainsaid bars at its outer ends, said bars being maintained at said outerends of the axle by spacers on the axle between the standard and thesaid bars, said support for the lower ends of the bars comprising a pairof spaced elongated blocks each secured at one end to the inside of saidlower end portion of an upright by a bolt extending through saiduprights and the blocks, said bolt carrying on its intermediate portionthe lower ends of a pair of said bars spaced from the blocks and fromeach other by spacers on said bolt, and another bolt through the otherends of the blocks carrying likewise on its intermediate portion thelower ends of another pair of said bars and spacers for maintaining saidother pair-of bars in spaced relation to each other and to the blocks,said blocks being disposed to project from the side Ofthe uprightsopposite the gate post.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN A. HUNT.

